Month: July 2014

Cloudy skies greeted visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, July 12th, 2014, 8:30 p.m. Faculty member Dr. Jan Cami made 3 presentations of the digital slide presentation “Orbits: The Motion of Planetary Bodies”.  Graduate student Mat Abado was crowd manager and counted 53 people by 8:52 p.m. with an estimated total Read More …

Clear skies greeted visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, July 5th, 2014, 8:30 p.m. Faculty member Dr. Stan Metchev made 2 presentations of his digital slide presentation “The Moon and Mars: The First Extraterrestrial Colonies”.  Research assistant Dimuthu Hemachandra was crowd manager and counted 78 visitors (62 adults and 16 children) Read More …

Clear skies greeted visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 28th, 2014, 8:30 p.m. Faculty member Dr. Paul Wiegert made 2 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Constellations”.  Graduate student Wayne Oswald was crowd manager and greeted 23 arrivals by 9:15 p.m., totalling 73 visitors by the end of the evening.